Glacial lake outburst floods enhance benthic microbial productivity in perennially ice-covered Lake Untersee (East Antarctica)

Large periodic glacial outburst flood events replenish inorganic carbon concentrations and fuel the primary productivity of benthic microbial communities in the perennially ice-covered Lake Untersee.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benoit Faucher, Denis Lacelle, Nicole Britney Marsh, Liam Jasperse, Ian Douglas Clark, Dale Thomas Andersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature 2021-10-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00280-x